John, I really like that idea - postal money orders. Definitely would call up Big Brother, who carries the biggest stick of all. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Bange wrote: > On 11/17/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote: >> †hanks to all who replied. Apparently it's ya pays your money and >> takes your >> chances. > > Yeah, that's about how it seems to work. That being said, I've used > PayPal for YEARS without incident (primarily for ebay), but that may > be because I have a policy of never buying anything by PayPal if I > can't afford to just write off either the money or the item. I think > my limit is around $400, beyond which I become uncomfortable and will > only buy if I can pay by postal money order. The beauty of postal > money orders is that it opens the door for an additional government > agency (the scary one, with better resources and wider jurisdiction!) > to investigate in case of fraud. > |
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